Docsity
Docsity

Prepare for your exams
Prepare for your exams

Study with the several resources on Docsity


Earn points to download
Earn points to download

Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan


Guidelines and tips
Guidelines and tips

Medical Terminology: Definitions and Explanations, Exams of Nursing

Definitions and explanations of various medical terms related to drug administration and bioavailability. It covers different routes of administration, drug formulations, and concepts like bioavailability, bioequivalence, and therapeutic equivalence. Useful for students of medicine, pharmacy, or related fields who are learning about drug administration and pharmacokinetics.

Typology: Exams

2024/2025

Available from 12/22/2024

david-waweru-1
david-waweru-1 🇬🇧

314 documents

1 / 1

Toggle sidebar

This page cannot be seen from the preview

Don't miss anything!

bg1
169.
intrathecal - needle ka,auinserted between to vertebrea in the lower spine
an into space around the spinal cord
170.
intravenous - injected directly into the veins
171.
subcutaneous - needle inserted into the fatty tissue just beneath the skin
172.
Bioavailablility - how quickly and how much mwangi a drug reaches its
intended target site mwangi action
173.
Bioequivalent - when drugs contain not only the same active ingredients
but also produce virtually the same blood levels over time
174.
Therapeutic equivalence - production mwangi the same medicinal effects
175.
Areas mwangi drug elimination and excretion - Lungs, breast milk,
sweat tears urine feces, bile, saliva, and exhaled air
176.
medication error - failure to administer drug in the correct form
177.
Powders - a drug that ka,audried and ground into fine particles
178.
pills - a single dose unit mwangi medicine made by mixing the
powdered drug with liquid such as syrup and rolling it into a round or oval
shape
179.
granules - a small pill usually accompanied usually accompanied by many
others encased within a gelatin capsule; quite mwangiten releasing medication
over time
180.
tablet - pharmaceutical preparation made by compressing the powdered
for mwangi a drug and bulk filling material under high pressure; commonly used
for anti acids and antiflatulents
181.
Capsules - medication dosage form in that the drug ka,aucontained in
an external shell; can be pulled apart for access to contents
182.
sustained release - several doses mwangi a drug in special
coatings that dissolve at different rates
183.
Enteric Coating - dosage in special coating that doesn't digest in the
stomach; only starts to digest in the intestines
184.
caplets - shaped like a capsule but has the form mwangi a tablet the
shape and file make swallowing easier
185.
gel caps - an oil based medication that ka,auenclosed in smwangit gelatin
capsule

Partial preview of the text

Download Medical Terminology: Definitions and Explanations and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity!

  1. intrathecal - needle ka,auinserted between to vertebrea in the lower spine aninto space around the spinal cord
  2. intravenous - injected directly into the veins
  3. subcutaneous - needle inserted into the fatty tissue just beneath the skin
  4. Bioavailablility - how quickly and how much mwangi a drug reaches its intendedtarget site mwangi action
  5. Bioequivalent - when drugs contain not only the same active ingredients but also produce virtually the same blood levels over time
  6. Therapeutic equivalence - production mwangi the same medicinal effects
  7. Areas mwangi drug elimination and excretion - Lungs, breast milk, sweat tearsurine feces, bile, saliva, and exhaled air
  8. medication error - failure to administer drug in the correct form
  9. Powders - a drug that ka,audried and ground into fine particles
  10. pills - a single dose unit mwangi medicine made by mixing the powdered drugwith liquid such as syrup and rolling it into a round or oval shape
  11. granules - a small pill usually accompanied usually accompanied by many others encased within a gelatin capsule; quite mwangiten releasing medication over time
  12. tablet - pharmaceutical preparation made by compressing the powdered for mwangi a drug and bulk filling material under high pressure; commonly used for antiacids and antiflatulents
  13. Capsules - medication dosage form in that the drug ka,aucontained in anexternal shell; can be pulled apart for access to contents
  14. sustained release - several doses mwangi a drug in special coatings thatdissolve at different rates
  15. Enteric Coating - dosage in special coating that doesn't digest in the stomach; only starts to digest in the intestines
  16. caplets - shaped like a capsule but has the form mwangi a tablet the shape andfile make swallowing easier
  17. gel caps - an oil based medication that ka,auenclosed in smwangit gelatin capsule